Pop-soul singer Raleigh Ritchie's new EP, Mind the Gap—an epilogue to his triumphant debut album, You're a Man Now, Boy—is almost ready to drop (Dec. 16), and today we've got the first play of its lead track "Unicron Loev."
This one's a bit of a departure from his usual sound, soaking up electro and even disco influences at times. Ritchie himself is the first to admit how different it is from his usual fare, explaining to us over email: "'Unicron Loev' is about magical people. We all have magical people that bring color into our lives. This song is a celebration of them. Me and [producer]Chris Loco wanted to do something fun and use sounds we wouldn't normally use and it was one of my favorite days in the studio, ever."
He went on to add that "the reason I want to put this EP out is to kind of cap off 2016. The album came out at the top of the year, and I felt like there was still stuff I hadn't said, or stuff that I wanted to say with the record but they weren't things that fitted, so I think of this as an epilogue. It's not a complete departure, or a new sound, but more of a tag. I needed some closure before moving on to the second album. So Mind the Gap is a closing of You're a Man Now, Boy, before the new year starts."
Stream "Unicron Loev" after the jump.
